iel
See also: -iel
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailiją, from *hailaz; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails).
Noun
iel
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Contracted from late Middle Dutch idel, which survives uncontracted as ijdel. An alternative contracted form led to ijl.
Pronunciation
Adjective
iel (comparative ieler, superlative ielst)
Inflection
Declension of iel | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | iel | |||
inflected | iele | |||
comparative | ieler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | iel | ieler | het ielst het ielste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | iele | ielere | ielste |
n. sing. | iel | ieler | ielste | |
plural | iele | ielere | ielste | |
definite | iele | ielere | ielste | |
partitive | iels | ielers | — |
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -el (correlative suffix of manner or degree).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adverb
iel
- somehow, in some way
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
iel (plural iels)
- (neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). A proposed genderqueer personal pronoun (third-person singular subject), where the person referenced is non-binary.
- 2014, Carina Rozenfeld, La Symphonie des abysses, Robert Laffont, book 1:
- […] ; les jours où iels n’avaient pas l’occasion de parler un peu, juste tous les deux, iel se sentait vide.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2016 March 4, Olivia B. Smith, Witch Hunt, Partie 1 : Le Legacy d’Olivia[1]:
- Ainsi démarra la journée d’Emil. Iel suivait bien évidement les conseils de sa mère, continuant à affirmer qu’iel était un garçon, ce qui jusque là n’avait jamais été démenti.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2017, Cindy Van Wilder, chapter 19, in Les Outrepasseurs, volume 4 Férénusia, Gulf stream éditeur:
- Pour les Ferreux.
Pour Ferenusia, découvert en même temps qu’Antoinette, quand iel avait débarqué à Paris un an auparavant.
Pour iel-mêmes, aussi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (neologism, nonstandard) they (singular); s/he; he or she. A proposed gender-neutral personal pronoun (third-person singular subject), where the gender of the person referenced is irrelevant or unknown.
- 2019 December 20, "Casbah d’Alger : lettre ouverte à Jean Nouvel" L’Humanité:
- Tout architecte se doit d'être complètement responsable des conditions et conséquences politiques des projets qu’iel accepte; toute position qui ferait de lui ou d’elle un.e simple exécutant·e constituerait une insulte à sa fonction et à sa capacité d’agir.
- 2019 December 20, "Casbah d’Alger : lettre ouverte à Jean Nouvel" L’Humanité:
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ēl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz. Cognate with English eel, Dutch aal and German Aal.
Noun
iel c (plural ielen, diminutive ieltsje)
- (countable or uncountable) eel
- Myn hovercraft sit fol mei iel.
- My hovercraft is full of eels.
Further reading
- “iel (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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